Ai Kagase

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Nagoya Heart Center - Aichi, Japan

Latest contributions

Challenging situations in mitral valve interventions

18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024

This selection of cases showcases a number of challenging situations in mitral valve interventions and how best to resolve them. Among such complications are a severe afterload mismatch following M-TEER in functional mitral regurgitation, a detached clip in the left atrium, and more.

Tricuspid and other structural interventions

18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024

In this series of submitted cases, explore challenges and bailouts around tricuspid valve intervention and other forms of structural interventions. Learn about a percutaneous solution to acute traumatic pulmonary regurgitation, a rare complication of inadequate sealing caused by anchor slip through the fabric part in a...

TAVI in small annulus and coronary artery disease - Session with LIVE case

19 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023

Watch the complex case of an 84-year-old woman with hypertension, type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease who presented with worsening NYHA class II-III exertional dyspnoea, but no angina, and find out how she was treated LIVE.

TAVI in small annulus and CAD

Complication and bailout of mitral valve intervention

18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023

Experience the high-stakes world of bailouts of mitral valve intervention in this session: witness the intricate management of unexpected final arm angle during MitraClip procedure, delve into the challenges posed by an obstructive valve thrombosis of a bioprosthetic mitral valve, and uncover the complexities of takotsubo...

TAVI in a patient with heavily calcified valve anatomy - LIVE case

18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023

An 80-year-old male with chronic kidney disease and interstitial pneumonia treated under steroids presented a symptomatic severe aortic stenosis with massive calcifications on the valves and only on the valves (not the LVOT).
Watch the operators implant a Sapien 3 23 mm (-1cc) with a predilatation (Balloon...

TAVI in a patient with heavily calcified valve anatomy

Case-based challenging heart team decisions in combined structural heart diseases

25 Sep 2021 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2021

Watch this case-based session on combined structural heart diseases to discover what is the heart team approach for complex structure heart diseases, as well as how to manage a patient with multiple diseases.

Case-based challenging heart team decisions in combined structural heart diseases

Shared decision making in low-risk patients with aortic stenosis

16 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session to discover how the concept of low-risk applies in Asian clinical practice, what is the impact of the TAVI low-risk trials on the management of individual patients, and learn more about the future role of the Heart Team.

Shared decision making in low-risk patients with aortic stenosis

Challenging cases

15 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session to discover challenging TAVI cases and high-risk procedures, regarding pulmonic valve stenosis and PPM, calcific aortic stenosis, degenerative aortic stenosis, and more. Watch it now to discover the chosen treatment!

Challenging cases